Combination ticket-punch.



No. 781,594. PATENTED JAN. 3l, 1905.

' W. C. DOWNING.

COMBINATION TICKET PUNCH.

.APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1903.

v UNITED STATES Patented January 31, 1905.,

PATENT CEEICE.

COMBINATION TICKET-PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,594, dated January 31, 1905. Original application filed \.pril 8, 1903, Serial No. 151,610. Dlvidei aud this application led July 23, 1903. Serial No. 166,703.

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Be it known that LVILLIAM C. DowNrNo, a citizen of the United States, 4residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination Ticket-Punches, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of devices forming' the subject-matter of an application filed by me on the 8th day of April, 1908, Serial No. 151,610, and of which this is a division.

The ligure in the drawing is a vertical longitudinal section of a device embodying' the improved features.

The drawing in this application is a duplicate of Figure 3 in the application referred to; but the description will be limited to the construction, arrangement, and operation of the ticket-punching dies and the mechanism for actuating' the same.

The casing or body A supports the different working parts and may be ot' any desired contour best adapted for the purpose. Access is had to the lower interior part of the casing' through an opening' closed by a removable cap B. The under side of the casing is provided with a rigid handle C, a manipulating' lever-handle D being pivotally mounted in the upper part thereof. The inner end of the manipulating-handle D extends into and is secured in its working' position in the casing by a pivot-pin 2, inserted through the hollow head-end extension 3 thereof. r1`he pivot-pin 2 is located about midway between the head end 3 of the casing and the enlarged bearing part 4 of the lever-handle, as shown. The upper vend of a coiled spring' 5 is recessed in the under side of the lever-handle, the lower end being' seated in the casing, as at 6. A ticketcanceling punch 7 is mounted on the inner end of the lever-handle and is adapted to traverse a ticket-slot 8 by an upward movement in practical working, the punched-out portion escaping' through a die-aperture 9. A second punch, 10, is mounted on the enlarged part A of the lever-handle and traverses a ticket-slot 11 by a downward movement, the cut-out portion escaping through a die-aperture 12. The first punch may be used for `ported by the cap B.

general canceling purposes when the tickets are of a class notI requiring' to be numbered. The second punch, 10, is more especially intended for commutation-tickets that are usually canceled by snipping' out a printed number with the edge portion of the ticket. A third canceling-punch, 13, is located at the rear end of the casing and' is carried and sup- '.lhis punch traverses ticket-slot 11 by a downward movement, the portion canceled from the ticket d ropping out through a die-aperture 15. rllhis third punch is actuated by an inclined supplemental lever' 16, located underneath the outer part of the lever-handle. The outer end of lever 16 is loosely supported in a lug 17, formed on the corresponding end of the lever-handle and provides for a slight endwise movement thereof in conforming to the change of position when being' worked. The inner end of lever 16 is pivotally connected to the casing, as at a, and bears on the upper end of punch 13. r1`his punch is positioned to traverse the ticketslot through which the numbering' or printing mechanism is reached and is intended for the class of tickets that are to be both canceled and numbered, this dual operation being simultaneously eti'ected by one down movementof the lever-handle, which imparts acorresponding movement to the outer end of lever 16, and the inner end having a fulcrumbearing on the punch 13 forces the same down across ticket-slot 14. A spring 18 returns this punch to its normal position when the compressing pressure on the main lever-handle is relaxed. The punch 13 is prevented from turning' around in its working' position by a pin 19, iixcd in the casing' and projecting' into a vertical slot 90, formed in the adjacent side of the punch-stem.

By having' a punch-die located in position to traverse the ticket-slot opening' to the printing-disks 21 saves both time and labor, as the necessity for inserting' the same ticket a second time is avoided. The plurality of canceling-punches also provides anindividual punch for the different classes of tickets and the cutting-face of each punch may be of a different design or character as a distinguishing feature in keeping a record.

A detail description of theprinting'mechanism and other parts not indicated by reference characters nor relating directly to the cancelingl mechanism will be omitted in this case, as these features are fully set forth in the pending` application herein referred to and in prior patents granted to me.

Having' thus described my invention, what l. claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is4

l. ln a combination ticlet-punch, a casingI provided with a rigid handle part, a manipulating lever-handle movably mounted in said casing, a punch-die located within the casing and mounted on the inner end of the leverhandle in advance of its pivotal bearing, a second punch-die inelosed within the casingI and mounted on said lever-handle back of its pivotal bearing, a third punch-die mounted on the rear end of the casing, and a supplemental lever interposed between said third punch and the lever-handle, whereby the different punch-dies are simultaneously actuated with each manipulation -of the lever-handle, substantially as set forth.

2. ln a combination ticket-punch, a casing,

a lever-handle pivotally mounted therein, a l

punch-die mounted on the back end ol the casing' and traversingthe ticket-slot i4, and a supplemental lever havingl its outer end supported Vfrom the corresponding end oi the actuating lever-handle and the inner end piv` oted to the casing and bearingI on the upper end of said punch-die, substantially as set forth.

3. In a combination ticket-punch, a casing' having a ticket-slot in the back end thereof, a manipulatinglever-handle pivoted in said casing, asupplemental lever having' its inner end pivoted in the casing and Vits outer end supported from the corresponding end ol5 the lever-handle, ai punch-die positioned to be forced downward across the ticlet-slot by the contact of said suliplemental lever, and a spring` mounted on said punch and returning` the same to its normal position when the punching; pressure on the same is released, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specilication in the presence olI two subscribing,l witnesses.

lVlLLlAh/I C. DUYVNI NG. lVitnesses:

EDWARD l. BUeuLiN, L. B. CoUrLANi). 

